Welcome to FishHead 310 Photography Studio!

"Rust is my Muse"... I am John Keesee, I create the photographic image elements of FishHead 310 Studio. My photography reflects the world around me and how I see it and share it with you.

I come from Irish/Native American and German heritage, grew up in Northern California Bay Area in an artistic family atmosphere. Having made Reno Nevada home for the last 20 years, I have recently relocated with Pamela to Northern California, surrounded by the valleys and mountains I love. I have an in-house stock of fine art, landscape, and abstract photographic images available for your needs. If you are looking for a particular type or style of images, framed or unframed, contact us, we would love to help you find the right image to suit your needs.

Also, we would love to work with interior designers who are looking for unique photographic images and or framing needs for their clients home or business. We are just north of Reno Nevada, in the magnificent Sierra Valley of Northern California. See our news and blog page for latest news and updates for FishHead 310 Studio!

My partner in life and business, Pamela Love of Mermaid Conservation Framing, does all the custom framing at FishHead 310 Studios, making the custom frames for our images. Using conservation framing techniques and materials, our images and your artwork will be protected to the best of our ability for display in your home or business.

Pamela's professional framing experience and in-house framing studio, allows us to offer numerous styles and competitive pricing for our images and your personal artwork. I print all my images in-house up to 13"x19" on quality, archival rag cotton photo paper, using archival pigment inks. Our framed, printed images will last for years to come under normal conditions. If you wish larger print sizes, let us know and we can arrange the printing of larger sizes.

My passion in photography is in the abstract realm. I believe that photography should ask the viewer a question, or raise a mystery in the mind of the observer. I do not Photoshop or digitally manipulate an image in the common sense. Some of my images are straight out of the camera or lightly enhanced with post-processing exposure levels. Very rarely do I push those limits. Most of my abstract images come from my journeys into the desert and mountains of the Great Basin in Nevada. I seek out those gullies and ravines where humans have abandoned and destroyed vehicles and left them behind to be exposed to the extreme Northern Nevada elements and the passing visitor with a firearm. Most of my abstract photographs are macro close-ups of bent, rusted torn and blasted fenders/hoods/roofs of these abandoned vehicles (see the above title photograph of me with one of my subjects). Depending on the light of day, my camera settings and subject matter brings about the final image I choose to share with you. These journeys lead me into often precarious positions from encounters with rattlesnakes, steep rocky inclines, unstable vehicles and extreme weather conditions. I hope this helps you appreciate and understand my passion for these images.

It is through this series that I have come to question Man's love relationship with the automobile and the final disposition of these objects that I find such beauty and photographic passion for in my images. If you have any questions or would like to know more about this series, please feel free to contact me.

I find my artistic inspiration to capture images everywhere. From the desert to the mountains, from downtown alleys,to my own home, I hope to share my passion for form, color, texture and the unusual, in your home or business.